title: [Chronic low back pain and abdominal aortic aneurysm].
abstract: Abdominal aortic aneurysm has a population prevalence of 2-5% and mortality in case of rupture of 80%. Up to 91% of cases is accompanied with low back pain, so it is important to include aortic aneurysm in the differential diagnosis of chronic low back pain. Low back pain is one of the most frequent reasons for consultions in Services Emergency Hospital Emergency and Primary Care Services, with an estimated 80% of population having spinal pain at some point in their lives, with 90% of them having a benign course.
authors.affiliation: Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Centro de Atención Primaria Les Roquetes, Área Básica de Salud Garraf Rural, Unidad Docente de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria de Costa Ponent, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: ezequielzuce@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zúñiga Cedó
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vico Besó
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain; D015995:Prevalence
keywords: Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aneurisma de aorta abdominal; Atención primaria; Diagnóstico diferencial; Differential diagnosis; Low back pain; Lumbalgia; Primary care